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SUMMARY:Betsy Mason presents All Over the Map
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, October 25\, 7:30pm\nPegasus Books Downtown \nBetsy Masons presents All Over the Map: A Cartographic Oddysey.  \nCreated for map lovers by map lovers\, this rich book explores the intriguing stories behind maps across history and illuminates how the art of cartography thrives today. \n\n\nABOUT ALL OVER THE MAP \nIn this visually stunning book\, award-winning journalists Betsy Mason and Greg Miller–authors of the National Geographic cartography blog “All Over the Map”–explore the intriguing stories behind maps from a wide variety of cultures\, civilizations\, and time periods. Based on interviews with scores of leading cartographers\, curators\, historians\, and scholars\, this is a remarkable selection of fascinating and unusual maps. \nThis diverse compendium includes ancient maps of dragon-filled seas\, elaborate graphics picturing unseen concepts and forces from inside Earth to outer space\, devious maps created by spies\, and maps from pop culture such as the schematics to the Death Star and a map of Westeros from Game of Thrones. If your brain craves maps–and Mason and Miller would say it does\, whether you know it or not–this eye-opening visual feast will inspire and delight.\nBetsy Mason is a freelance science journalist and former geologist based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT for 2015-16. Before that Mason was the online science editor for Wired\, where she founded the Wired Science Blogs Network and co-authored the Map Lab blog with Greg Miller. She and Miller also co-author the National Geographic blog All Over the Map (see older posts here and follow the blog on Twitter here). \nWhen she’s not writing about maps\, Mason covers science and makes excuses to write about beer. \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nThursday\, October 25\, 2018 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nPegasus Books Downtown\n2349 Shattuck Avenue\n\nBerkeley\, CA
URL:https://litseen.com/event/betsy-mason-presents-all-over-the-map/
LOCATION:Pegasus Books Downtown\, 2349 Shattuck Ave\, Berkeley \, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181025T193000
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SUMMARY:Adam Hochschild: Lessons From a Dark Time
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1FM & St. John’s Presbyterian Church present \nADAM HOCHSCHILD\nLessons From a Dark Time\nHosted by Brian ‘Edwards-Tiekert \nWheelchair access. advance tickets: $12: T: 800-838-3006 Books Inc/Berkeley\, Pegasus (3 sites)\, Moe’s\, Walden Pond Bookstore\, Mrs. Dalloway’s\, East Bay Books\, $15 door\, KPFA benefit more info: kpfa.org/events \n“This new book reveals Adam Hochschild’s journalism in all its glory. His facts are like jewels\, luminous in their importance. As a reporter and historian\, he turns the facts into stories so dynamic and vivid that I couldn’t put the book down. This is important work by a gifted writer at the top of his game.” -Elizabeth Farnsworth\, author\, filmmaker\, formerly of PBS Newshour \nIn this lively collection\, bestselling author Adam Hochschild has selected some two dozen essays and pieces of reporting from his long career. Threading through all of them is his concern for social justice and the people who have fought for it. The articles cover the world\, from a California gun show to a Congolese center for rape victims to the ruins of gulag camps in the Soviet Arctic\, from a stroll through construction sites with an ecologically pioneering architect in India to a day on the campaign trail with Nelson Mandela. Hochschild discusses also the writers he loves\, from Mark Twain to John McPhee\, about why so much history is written so badly\, about what bookshelves tell us about their owners\, and about the ringside seat he had for the shocking revelation in the 1960’s of the way the CIA had been secretly controlling dozens of supposedly independent organizations. \nAdam Hochschild is the author of numerous books. \nBrian Edwards-Tiekert is the founder and co-host of UpFront\, the morning drive-time public affairs program on KPFA Radio. \n$12 advance\, $15 door. \nPresented by KPFA Radio 94.1 FM.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/adam-hochschild-lessons-from-a-dark-time/
LOCATION:St. John’s Presbyterian Church\, 2727 College Avenue\, Berkeley\, 94705
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181027T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181027T220000
DTSTAMP:20260412T222814
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SUMMARY:Oakland Storytellers: A Benefit for Chapter 510
DESCRIPTION:Please join Chapter 510 and some of your favorite storytellers for an only-in-Oakland night to remember. \nWe’re thrilled to announce that our line-up this year includes rapper\, writer\, and filmmaker Boots Riley (Sorry to Bother You); writer and filmmaker Nijla Mu’min whose new movie Jinn will be released in November; and award-winning poet and activist Tongo Eisen-Martin (American Book Award-winning Heaven Is All Goodbyes). \nOur esteemed guests will be interviewed by Chapter 510’s very own young author Aissaade Negus (Mila Scott and the Dance Debacle). 2018 Oakland Youth Poet Laureate Leila Motley will emcee the evening. We’re also in for a special treat with a guest performance by Oakland’s very own Fantastic Negrito! Finally\, get ready to dance the night away to tunes spun by DJ XCAIROCITOSX. \nFilipino food from the Jeepney Guy and beverages will be available for purchase. \nHave any burning questions for our headliners? With the purchase of the VIP package you can attend an exclusive Meet and Greet with these incredible Oakland storytellers and enjoy complimentary food and drink tickets. This is an opportunity you don’t want to miss! \nSeats for last year’s fundraiser at Chapter 510 sold out in hours; don’t wait to purchase your ticket this year! \nThis is a fundraiser\, but you get to choose your ticket price/donation level. Tickets are limited at each level from $50-$250. \nGet your ticket at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/oakland-storytellers-a-benefit-for-chapter-510-tickets-50373349043 \nDoors open at 6:00pm\n6:15-6:45: VIP Meet & Greet\n7:00-8:00: Program\n8:00 on (and on): Music & Dancing \nProceeds from the event will benefit Chapter 510’s free writing programming for Oakland’s children and youth in the 2018-2019 school year\, helping publish 13 books\, host 25 Storytelling Field Trips\, run 3 writing workshop\, run one spring-break Children’s Book Writing Camp\, and tutor over 100 high school students. \nEvent poster art by Miriam Stahl. Design by Alvaro Villanueva.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/oakland-storytellers-a-benefit-for-chapter-510/
LOCATION:7th West\, 1255 7th Street\, Oakland\, 94608
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181028T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181028T170000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Flash
DESCRIPTION:More Info To Come \n  \n  \n  \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nSunday\, October 28\, 2018 – 3:00pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nEast Bay Booksellers\n5433 College Avenue\n\nOakland\, CA 94618
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poetry-flash/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181030T190000
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SUMMARY:Poets Wendy Trevino and Melissa Merin
DESCRIPTION:Wendy Trevino was born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. She lives in San Francisco\, where she shares an apartment with her boyfriend\, friend & two senior cats. She has published chapbooks with Perfect Lovers Press\, Commune Editions and Krupskaya Books. Brazilian no es una raza – a bilingual edition of the chapbook she published with Commune Editions – was published by the feminist Mexican press Enjambre Literario in July 2018. Her first book-length collection of poems will be published by Commune Editions in September 2018. Wendy is not an experimental writer. \nMelissa has been writing since she could hold a crayon. She is established as a parent\, a lover & partner\, a queer\, an anti-authoritarian and a consistently retiring punker. She is too Black to ever be considered a snowflake. Melissa believes in utilizing a diversity of tactics to build the world we need; one of her favorite tactics is writing. Melissa is a long-time educator and agitator and has never been able to get it together to “publish”\, though many zines and many blogs tell the story of trying. Melissa in no way identifies as butch and she recently bought a new impact drill and sawzall.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poets-wendy-trevino-and-melissa-merin/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181030T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181030T210000
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SUMMARY:Jasmine Guillory - THE PROPOSAL
DESCRIPTION:[more info to come] \n\n\n\n\nEvent date:\n\nTuesday\, October 30\, 2018 – 7:00pm\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\nEast Bay Booksellers\n5433 College Avenue\n\nOakland\, CA 94618
URL:https://litseen.com/event/jasmine-guillory-the-proposal/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181030T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181030T213000
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SUMMARY:Peter Phillips + Mickey Huff: GIANTS: The Global Power Elite & Censored 2019
DESCRIPTION:Presented by KPFA Radio 94.1FM \nThis is a searing expose of the 300 most powerful players in world capitalism\, and the costs of their unyielding grip on our economic future. \n“A tour de force of research and analysis on a frequently ignored but crucial topic affecting humanity’s future: the Transnational Capitalist Class power elite. An extraordinary contribution.” -Dr. Laurence Shoup\, author of Wall Street’s Think Tank \n“Who exactly are the masters? This remarkable inquiry lifts the veil\, providing detailed and often shocking revelations about the astonishing concentration of private wealth and corporate power.” -Noam Chomsky \n“Peter Phillips thoroughly identifies the members of the “transnational capitalist class” that largely runs the world today\, through the mammoth instruments of Western military force\, and the international intelligence community\, and-not least-our free press.” -Mark Crispin Miller PhD\, Professor Media Studies New York University \nPeter Phillips\, a professor of political sociology at Sonoma State University\, was the director of Project Censored from 1996-2010\, and the president of Media Freedom Foundation from 2003-2017. He has edited fourteen editions of Censored\, two editions of Progressive Guide to Alternative Media and Activism. He was a co-host of the weekly Project Censored show on Pacifica Radio with Mickey Huff from 2010-2017. He has won numerous book and media awards. \nCensored 2019: The Top Censored Stories and Media Analysis of 2017-2018 is edited by Mickey Huff & Andy Lee Roth and illustrated by Khalil Bendib. \nwheelchair access advance tickets: $12: T: 800-838-3006 Books Inc/Berkeley\, Pegasus (3 sites)\, Moe’s\, Walden Pond Bookstore\, Mrs. Dalloway’s. East Bay Books\, $15 door\, KPFA benefit more info: kpfa.org/events \n$12 advance\, $15 door. \nPresented by KPFA Radio 94.1 FM.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/peter-phillips-mickey-huff-giants-the-global-power-elite-censored-2019/
LOCATION:First Congregational Church of Berkeley\, 2345 Channing Way\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181101T121000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181101T125000
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SUMMARY:Tyehimba Jess
DESCRIPTION:Tyehimba Jess is the author of two books of poetry\, Leadbelly and Olio which won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize\, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award\, The Midland Society Author’s Award in Poetry\, and received an Outstanding Contribution to Publishing Citation from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association.  It was also nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award\, the PEN Jean Stein Book Award\, and the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award.  Leadbelly was a winner of the 2004 National Poetry Series and named one of the “Best Poetry Books of 2005” by both The Library Journal and Black Issues Book Review.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/tyehimba-jess/
LOCATION:Morrison Library\, UC Berkeley\, 2000 Carleston Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181101T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181101T210000
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SUMMARY:great weather for MEDIA Book Party & Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate the publication of great weather for MEDIA’s latest anthology\, Suitcase of Chrysanthemums and meet an indie press looking for new voices. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFeaturing contributors and special guests Cathyann Cusimano\, Cassandra Dallett\, Carol Dorf\, Heikki Huotari\, Kit Kennedy\, and Richard Loranger\, plus editors David Lawton and Jane Ormerod. \nWe start with a short open mic. Please arrive early to sign up. \nSuitcase of Chrysanthemums is an exhilarating collection of contemporary poetry and fiction from established and emerging writers across the United States and beyond. Submissions for our next anthology are open until January 15th 2019.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/great-weather-for-media-book-party-open-mic/
LOCATION:The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St #170\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181102T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181102T210000
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SUMMARY:Robert Hass and Essy Stone Mill Valley Library
DESCRIPTION:This event is cosponsored by Poetry Society of America and the Mill Valley Library. This is sure to be a packed event\, so register on the Mill Valley Library website starting on October 15. \n \nRobert Hass\, former United States Poet Laureate\, has illumined the poetic landscape with his many books of poetry\, translation\, and essays. His honors include the National Book Award\, and the Pulitzer Prize. His celebrated books of essays include A Little Book on Form: An Exploration Into the Formal Imagination of Poetry and What Light Can Do: Essays on Art\, Imagination\, and the Natural World\, the recipient of the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. Hass translated many of the works of Czeslaw Milosz\, and he edited Selected Poems: 1954-1986 by Tomas Transtromer; The Essential Haiku: Versions of Basho\, Buson\, and Issa; and Modernist Women Poets: An Anthology (with Paul Ebenkamp). His many honors include the MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship\, the National Book Critics’ Circle Award (twice)\, and the Wallace Stevens Award. His poetry is deeply reflective of the California landscape\, domestic life\, and spiritual awareness. To hear him read or speak is transformative\, whether a Haiku from Issa\, a mediation from Miłosz\, or his own lyric work. \n\n\n\n\nEssy Stone is a PhD student in poetry at the University of Southern California. She holds an MFA from the University of Miami\, and recently completed a Wallace Stegner Fellowship at Stanford University. Her work has been published in the New Yorker\, 32 Poems\, and Prairie Schooner. Her first book\, What It Done to Us\, was awarded the Idaho Prize in Poetry and was published by Lost Horse Press in 2017. For much of her life she supported herself as a waitress. Her work reflects the East Tennessee culture in which she grew up\, an often oppressive world\, especially for women or minorities. The freshness of her language and imagery reflect and transform that environment just as she has transformed herself.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/robert-hass-and-essy-stone-mill-valley-library/
LOCATION:Falkirk Cultural Center\, 1408 Mission Ave\, San Rafael \, CA\, 94901\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,North Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181102T193000
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SUMMARY:ROSHI JOAN HALIFAX Standing At the Edge: Finding Freedom where Fear and Courage Meet
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1FM & St. John’s Presbyterian Church & Mindful Schools present \nROSHI JOAN HALIFAX\nStanding At the Edge: Finding Freedom where Fear and Courage Meet\nHosted by Gaetano Maida \nWheelchair access. Advance tickets: $12: T: 800-838-3006 Books Inc/Berkeley\, Pegasus (3 sites)\, Moe’s\, Walden Pond Bookstore\, Mrs. Dalloway’s. East Bay Books\, $15 door\, KPFA benefit more info: kpfa.org/events \nJoan Halifax has enriched countless lives of millions around the world through her work as a social activist\, anthropologist\, and Buddhist teacher. Over many decades\, she has also collaborated with neuroscientists\, clinicians\, and psychologists to understand how contemplative practice can be a vehicle for social transformation. This work led her to an understanding of how our greatest challenges can become the most valuable source of our wisdom-and how we can transform suffering for the benefit of others. \n“Roshi Halifax embodies what she teaches: equanimity\, dedication to benefiting others\, and putting compassion into action. Her no-nonsense approach to the emotions that push us to our edge-and can also propel our greatest good-truly inspires. In Standing At the Edge she offers us all a fascinating read and a practical roadmap to fulfilling our personal good work.”\n– Daniel Goleman\, author of Altered Traits and Emotional Intelligence \nRecounting the experiences of caregivers\, activists\, humanitarians\, politicians\, parents\, and teachers\, incorporating the wisdom of Zen traditions and mindfulness practices\, and rooted in Halifax’s groundbreaking research on compassion\, STANDING AT THE EDGE is destined to become a contemporary classic. \nRoshi Joan Halifax\, Ph.D.\, is a Buddhist teacher\, Zen priest and anthropologist. \nGaetano Kazuo Maida is the founder and executive director of Buddhist Film Foundation. \n$12 advance\, $15 door. \nPresented by KPFA Radio 94.1 FM.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/roshi-joan-halifax-standing-at-the-edge-finding-freedom-where-fear-and-courage-meet/
LOCATION:St. John’s Presbyterian Church\, 2727 College Avenue\, Berkeley\, 94705
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181103T150000
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SUMMARY:BAPC OPEN POETRY READING
DESCRIPTION:Upcoming First Saturday Readings in 2018:\n \nOctober 6\, November 3\, December 1\n\n3:00 – 5:00 PM\n\n\n\n \n \nSTRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE\n1320 Addison St.\, Berkeley\, CA\n \nAddison is one block south of and parallel to University Ave.\nbetween Acton & Bonar St.\nParking on the street (NOT in the S.C.L. parking lot)\n\nCheck in at the front desk and you will be directed to the meeting location\n(usually Movie Room\, or backyard garden)\n \nAll Ages Welcome\n\nCome and enjoy a friendly and informal read-around —\n3-5 minutes per poet/reader\, or “just listening” is fine too 🙂
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bapc-open-poetry-reading/
LOCATION:Strawberry Creek Lodge\, 1320 Addison Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94702\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181103T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181103T210000
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SUMMARY:Poets Cody-Rose Clevidence\, Margaret Ross\, and Rohan DaCosta
DESCRIPTION:Hey! Poets! Friends of poets! People dragged to poetry readings for various personal and professional reasons! You know what time it is! It’s time for an amazing reading\, courtesy of Cody-Rose Clevidence\, Margaret Ross\, and Rohan DaCosta. \nCody-Rose Clevidence lives in the Arkansas Ozarks with their dog\, pearl. Their most recent book is FLUNG THRONE from Ahsahta (2018). Their first book\, Beast Feast\, also from Ahsahta\, was a finalist for the 2016 CLMP Firecracker award in poetry and their little chapbook\, Perverse\, All Monstrous\, is out from Nion Editions. \nMargaret Ross was born in New York City. She holds degrees from Harvard and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and has received fellowships from the Fulbright Program\, the Breadloaf Writers’ Conference\, Vermont Studio Center and Yaddo. She is currently a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University. She has taught creative writing at the University of Iowa\, the International Writing Program and Yale. Her first book\, A Timeshare\, was selected by Timothy Donnelly for the Omnidawn 1st/2nd Book Prize. \nRohan DaCosta is a multi-disciplinary artist from the city of Chicago\, working primarily through photography\, writing\, and song. Often approaching his work with great emotional sensitivity\, Rohan explores complex dilemmas\, and frequencies found in lovers\, in families\, in ecosystems\, and in places. In his candid street photography and in his poetry\, Rohan keenly examines intimacy and relativity\, often finding the personal angle to political problems. In verse\, he expresses the profound joy and quandary of black life in America. He is the founder of and curator for GRACEGOD The Collective\, which celebrates the unique work of artists\, craftsmen\, and activists from all over the world. His work in graphic design and clothing has been featured as limited edition merchandise at The Koppel Project in London. His photography has been featured at The Flight Deck Gallery as a solo exhibition titled Ordinary People (2018). His photography has also been featured at Root Division Gallery as part of a group exhibition titled Let Me Be a Witness (2018). His book of photography\, poetry\, and song\, The Edge of Fruitvale\, was published by Nomadic Press on April 28\, 2018. He was recently awarded the Individual Artist Funding Grant by the City of Oakland for his upcoming show\, Trap : Trauma : Transformation.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/poets-cody-rose-clevidence-margaret-ross-and-rohan-dacosta/
LOCATION:E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore\, 410 13th Street\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181104T180000
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SUMMARY:Book Launch: "Five Fingered Being" by Grace Rosario Perkins
DESCRIPTION:Join us at The Growlery in San Francisco to celebrate Grace Rosario Perkins’ new book of paintings\, “Five Fingered Being”. The book is 52 pages\, 8×11″ and includes a short essay by Grace at the end. This book turned out so rad\, and we’re really excited to share it with you! We’ll have some drinks and snacks to share\, and Grace will be hanging some new work for the occasion. \nThe gallery at The Growlery itself will be open from 1 pm onward with the actual book launch 6-9 pm! \nCome hang out!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/book-launch-five-fingered-being-by-grace-rosario-perkins/
LOCATION:The Growlery\, 235 Broderick\, San Francisco\, CA\, 94117\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181105T080000
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SUMMARY:Clark Coolidge
DESCRIPTION:Clark Coolidge reads from Poet (Pressed Wafer) and other works. \nAuthor of more than twenty books of poetry\, Clark Coolidge has occupied a singular place in American letters since the mid-1960s. An unparalleled influence on the wider avant- garde—the Language Poets\, the second and third generation New York School\, and whole movements of visual artists\, musicians\, and linguists\, Coolidge is from Providence\, Rhode Island. Since 1997 he has lived in Petaluma\, California. \n“When I was a Poet / I had no doubt / knew the Ins & Outs of / All & Everything”–so wrote David Meltzer in the title poem of his 2011 collection\, When I Was a Poet. Clark Coolidge heard this poem many times\, in different versions\, over the years\, often as a result of giving readings with Meltzer. He began to ask himself\, What is a poet? Pressed Wafer is proud to present the fruits of Coolidge’s ruminations: a 310-page serial poem\, the bulk of which was written between 2014 and 2016\, titled POET and dedicated to Meltzer. “I give instructions in my poems / you must follow them to the ends of / tura lura independence platform / forget any leaden attempts along the way / this is fortissimo serious / there’ll be no popcorn.” Luckily for us\, “fortissimo serious” means altogether too exuberant to pay bashful court to the muse. These delightful–and frequently hilarious–meditations on the ontologically precarious condition of poethood could only have been written by someone who has spent a lifetime productively writing and reading poems–someone\, moreover\, who is as uninterested in self-regard as they are in penning a lifeless line. Coolidge follows the direction of the music\, keeping his poems just beyond him but within reach. “The poet steps to the beat of his own length.” And his pearls of advice are beyond price: “won’t get far with a title like / Heaven’s Penis.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/clark-coolidge-3/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave.\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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CREATED:20180924T015749Z
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SUMMARY:Claire Grossman\, Terry Taplin\, Jacq Greyja
DESCRIPTION:Claire Grossman studies English literature at Stanford and is co-curator of Cantíl\, an Oakland-based reading series. \nTerry Taplin is an MFA in Creative Writing Candidate at Saint Mary’s College of California where he serves as an assistant poetry editor at MARY: A Journal for New Writing and is the inaugural Lambda Literary Fellow. He holds a Bachelor’s in Classical Languages: Greek and Latin. He is a former slam champion and is the recipient of the Ina Coolbrith Prize for Undergraduate Poetry (academic year 14-15). Terry lives in Berkeley\, is an instructional assistant in the English Dept. at Berkeley City College\, and is interning as a marketing assistant at Omnidawn Publishing. He is the author of fragmenta (Marigold 2016). \nJacq Greyja is a nonbinary writer from California. They are a graduate student in the Creative Writing MFA program at San Francisco State University\, where they are a William Dickey Poetry Fellow. Jacq’s work has appeared or is forthcoming in Hold: A Journal\, BAMPFA\, Bushel Collective\, Bettering American Poetry Vol. II\, Columbia Poetry Review\, Apogee\, Peach Mag\, Berkeley Poetry Review\, and elsewhere. Their first chapbook\,
URL:https://litseen.com/event/claire-grossman-terry-taplin-jacq-greyja/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181107T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181107T210000
DTSTAMP:20260412T222814
CREATED:20180801T000035Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180801T000035Z
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SUMMARY:Día de los muertos / Day of the Dead
DESCRIPTION:Featured readers: Rafael Jesús Gonzáez\, Jess Medina\, Jan Steckel\, Andrena Zawinski. Open Mic Night follows the featured readers. Sign-up now for Ist Annual Open Mic Award’s Contest. Book & Broadside Giveaway. Free\, 7-9 pm. The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St.\, Oakland.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/dia-de-los-muertos-day-of-the-dead/
LOCATION:The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St #170\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181107T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181107T213000
DTSTAMP:20260412T222814
CREATED:20180925T232112Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180925T232112Z
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SUMMARY:Samina Ali
DESCRIPTION:Samina Ali is an award-winning author\, activist and cultural commentator. Her debut novel\, Madras on Rainy Days\, won France’s prestigious Prix du Premier Roman Etranger Award and was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award in Fiction. Ali’s work is driven by her belief in personal narrative as a force for achieving women’s individual and political freedom and in harnessing the power of media for social transformation. She is the curator of the groundbreaking\, critically acclaimed virtual exhibition\, Muslima: Muslim Women’s Art & Voices. Her current project\, a memoir of her near-death experience delivering her firstborn\, takes an unsparing look at gender bias and the crisis of preventable maternal deaths in the U.S. Ali is a former cultural ambassador for the U.S. State Department and a regular contributor to The Huffington Post and Daily Beast. Her work has been featured in The New York Times\, The Economist\, The Guardian\, Vogue\, National Public Radio (NPR) and elsewhere.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/samina-ali/
LOCATION:Hagerty Lounge\, SMC\, 1928 Saint Mary's Road\, Moraga \, CA\, 94575\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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ORGANIZER;CN="Saint Mary's MFA in Creative Writing":MAILTO:writers@stmarys-ca.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181108T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181108T213000
DTSTAMP:20260412T222814
CREATED:20181029T004105Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181029T004105Z
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SUMMARY:Maxine Hong Kingston & Gary Gach: Pause\, Breathe\, Smile
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents \nMAXINE HONG KINGSTON + GARY GACH\nPause\, Breathe\, Smile: Awakening Mindfulness When Meditation Is Not Enough\nHosted by Kris Welch \nTickets: $12 advance\, 800-838-3006 or independent bookstores\, $15 door\, Benefits KPFA Radio\, Info: kpfa.org/events \nPause…breathe… smile Three small words each containing a universe of wisdom. With these words we are invited to bring the practice of mindfulness into every moment of our lives. This handbook by Gary Gach supports the cultivation of awareness\, compassion and joy. The awakening of mindfulness will be discussed by Gary and Maxine Hong Kingston. \nMaxine Hong Kingston\, daughter of Chinese immigrants\, is a poet\, memoirist\, and fiction writer who was born in Stockton\, California\, and educated at the University of California-Berkeley. \nHer honors include the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Medal\, the American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Award in Literature\, the National Book Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award\, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Asian American Literary Awards. \nWriting for students of all levels\, Gary Gach draws on 50-plus years of study and practice to present this elegant\, accessible demonstration of three central aspects of mindful living. This simple process will “water your own innate seeds of awakening to help you pave your own path to total fulfillment and peace.” \n“A lovely offering of wisdom\, practices\, and kindness to help foster a mindful life and a compassionate heart” – Jack Kornfield\, author of “No Time Like the Present” \nGARY GACH is a writer\, mystic\, and lifelong meditator who has engaged in many roles: actor\, bookstore clerk\, dishwasher\, hospital administrator\, office temp\, stevedore\, teacher and trypographer. Lay-ordained by Thich Nhat Hanh in 2008\, he has authored eight previous books\, including The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Buddhism. \nKris Welch is a veteran\, very popular KPFA on-air host\, a mother\, and grandmother. \n$12 advance\, $15 door. \nPresented by KPFA Radio 94.1 FM.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/maxine-hong-kingston-gary-gach-pause-breathe-smile/
LOCATION:Hillside Club\, 2286 Cedar St\,  Berkeley\, CA\, 94709\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181114T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181114T190000
DTSTAMP:20260412T222814
CREATED:20181017T192837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181017T192837Z
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SUMMARY:Kim Stanley Robinson
DESCRIPTION:Please join us in celebrating the publication of Red Moon. Red Moon is a magnificent novel of space exploration and political revolution from New York Times bestselling author Kim Stanley Robinson.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/kim-stanley-robinson/
LOCATION:Moe’s Books\, 2476 Telegraph Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181115T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181115T210000
DTSTAMP:20260412T222814
CREATED:20180924T022751Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180924T022751Z
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SUMMARY:InsideStorytime
DESCRIPTION:InsideStorytime will be at Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster Street\, Oakland\, Thursday November 15th\, 7-9pm. \ndetails TBA
URL:https://litseen.com/event/insidestorytime/
LOCATION:The Octopus Literary Salon\, 2101 Webster St #170\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181115T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181115T210000
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CREATED:20181031T003428Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181031T003428Z
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SUMMARY:INVASIONS: Calvin Gimpelevich
DESCRIPTION:Author Calvin Gimpelevich is touring the West Coast in support of INVASIONS: the debut short fiction collection\, just out from Instar Books! Come out to Wolfman Books at 7 p.m. on Thursday\, November 15\, for an evening of rad new trans fiction by Calvin\, as well as work from other local LGBT writers! \nMore on Invasions: http://www.instarbooks.com/books/invasions.html \n“Invasions blew my mind. Flipping between speculative worlds deeply rooted in realness and emotion and more familiar landscapes that tip on the edges of personal apocalypses\, Gimpelevich’s writing is strong and sure\, taking us places we really haven’t been. I’m hooked.”–Michelle Tea \nAbout Calvin: Calvin Gimpelevich was born in San Francisco and has lived around the West Coast. A recipient of awards from Artist Trust\, Jack Straw Cultural Center\, the Speculative Literature Foundation\, 4Culture\, CODEX/Writer’s Block\, and the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center\, his work has appeared in Electric Literature\, Plentitude\, cream city\, THEM\, and other publications. He has cats. \nLocal featured readers TBA!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/invasions-calvin-gimpelevich/
LOCATION:E.M. Wolfman General Interest Small Bookstore\, 410 13th Street\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181115T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181115T213000
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CREATED:20181029T004131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181029T004131Z
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SUMMARY:Reese Erlich & Norman Solomon: The Iran Agenda Today
DESCRIPTION:KPFA Radio 94.1 FM presents \nReese Erlich & Norman Solomon\nThe Iran Agenda Today: The Real Story Inside Iran and What’s Wrong with US Policy \nHosted by Sabrina Jacobs \nAdvance tickets: $12 at 800-838-3006 or independent bookstores\, $15 door\, benefits KPFA Radio 94.1FM info: kpfa.org/events \nBased on frequent\, first-hand reporting in Iran and the United States\, The Iran Agenda Today explores the turbulent recent history between the two countries and reveals how it has led to a misguided showdown over nuclear technology. Foreign correspondent Reese Erlich notes that all the major U.S. intelligence agencies agree Iran has not had a nuclear weapons program since at least 2003. He explores why Washington nonetheless continues saber rattling\, and he provides a detailed critique of mainstream media coverage of Iran. The book further details the popular protests that have rocked Tehran despite repression by the country’s own Deep State. Erlich offers insights on Iran’s domestic politics\, popular culture\, and diverse populations over this recent era. His analysis draws on past interviews with high-ranking Iranian officials\, the former shah’s son\, Reza Pahlavi\, and Iranian exiles in Los Angeles\, as well as his trip to Tehran with actor Sean Penn. In a starred review of Inside Syria\, Publisher’s Weekly wrote that Erlich’s “insights and conclusions are objective and valuable… essential reading for understanding the current turmoil in the Middle East.” \nNorman Solomon is the author of a dozen books including “War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death. He is also the Founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Public Accuracy\, where he coordinates the ExposeFacts.org program for whistleblowers and press freedom\, and co-founder of RootsAction.org. \nSabrina Jacobs is host and producer of the popular A Rude Awakening\, aired on KPFA\, Mondays 3:30-4pm. \n$12 advance\, $15 door. \nPresented by KPFA Radio 94.1 FM.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/reese-erlich-norman-solomon-the-iran-agenda-today/
LOCATION:First Congregational Church of Berkeley\, 2345 Channing Way\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94704\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181129T080000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181129T170000
DTSTAMP:20260412T222814
CREATED:20181130T041635Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181130T041635Z
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SUMMARY:Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore: Sketchtasy
DESCRIPTION:Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore presents Sketchtasy. Sketchtasy brings 1990s gay culture startlingly back to life\, as Alexa and her friends grapple with the impact of growing up at a time when desire and death are intertwined. With an intoxicating voice and unruly cadence\, this is a shattering\, incandescent novel that conjures the pain and pageantry of struggling to imagine a future. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEast Bay Booksellers \n\n5433 College Avenue\nOakland\, CA 94618
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mattilda-bernstein-sycamore-sketchtasy/
LOCATION:East Bay Booksellers\, 5433 College Avenue\, Oakland\, 94618
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181201T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181201T170000
DTSTAMP:20260412T222814
CREATED:20181031T051821Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181031T051821Z
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SUMMARY:BAPC OPEN POETRY READING
DESCRIPTION:Upcoming First Saturday Readings in 2018:\n\n November 3\, December 1\n\n3:00 – 5:00 PM\n\n\n\n\n\nSTRAWBERRY CREEK LODGE\n1320 Addison St.\, Berkeley\, CA\n\nAddison is one block south of and parallel to University Ave.\nbetween Acton & Bonar St.\nParking on the street (NOT in the S.C.L. parking lot)\nCheck in at the front desk and you will be directed to the meeting location\n(usually Movie Room\, or backyard garden)\n\nAll Ages Welcome\n\nCome and enjoy a friendly and informal read-around —\n3-5 minutes per poet/reader\, or “just listening” is fine too 🙂\n\n\nRelated
URL:https://litseen.com/event/bapc-open-poetry-reading-2/
LOCATION:Strawberry Creek Lodge\, 1320 Addison Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94702\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181201T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181201T210000
DTSTAMP:20260412T222814
CREATED:20181031T223829Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181031T223829Z
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SUMMARY:JOURNAL RELEASE: NOMADIC JOURNAL 2018: COVENANT
DESCRIPTION:Join us at our Uptown\, Oakland\, location for the much-anticipated release of Nomadic Journal 2018: Covenant! \nIt’s going to be an amazing evening of readings\, live music\, gnosh / refreshments\, and friends of Nomadic Press as we launch this treasure of a book into the universe. \nReadings by TBA and pop-up surprise Nomadic Press readers. Books will be available for purchase and there will be a signing following the event ($15 each). Music by TBA! \nHope to see you there!
URL:https://litseen.com/event/journal-release-nomadic-journal-2018-covenant/
LOCATION:Nomadic Press: Uptown\, 2301 Telegraph Ave.\, Oakland\, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181201T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181201T210000
DTSTAMP:20260412T222814
CREATED:20181127T002309Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181127T002309Z
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SUMMARY:How We Get Free: A Conversation on Black Feminism\, Politics\, and Liberation
DESCRIPTION:On December 1\, the night before the fifth annual Howard Zinn Book Fair\, three leading activist-scholars will come together in conversation about Black Feminism past and present. The speakers\, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor\, Cat Brooks and Zoé Samudzi\, each coming from a unique radical tradition\, will combine their own research and experience with the history of past movements to explore questions around race\, gender\, class\, and ultimately\, liberation. What is the role of elections? Of #BlackLivesMatter? Of Trump? How should we be organizing today for our collective liberation? This event will also feature poetry readings by Idrissa Simmonds. \n\nIn the last several years\, Black feminism has reemerged as the analytical framework for the activists response to the oppression of trans women of color\, the fight for reproductive rights\, and of course\, the movement against police abuse and violence. The most visible organizations and activists connected to the Black Lives Matter movement speak openly about how Black feminism shapes their politics and strategies today. —Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor\nHow We Get Free: A Conversation on Black Feminism\, Politics\, and Liberation takes place Saturday December 1st\, 7pm\nat the First Congregational Church of Oakland\, 2501 Harrison St\, Oakland\, CA 94612. A sliding scale donation of $5-10 is requested and the event is sponsored by the Howard Zinn Book Fair and the International Socialist Organization and all proceeds will go to the book fair. And please attend the Fifth Annual Howard Zinn Book Fair on Sunday\, Dec. 2 frm 10-6 at City College of SF at 1125 Valencia St.\, SF. \nFor more information see profiles below and check our website: \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nhttps://howardzinnbookfair.com/\n\nFeaturing……\n \n\n\n\n\nKeeanga-Yamahtta Taylor is an assistant Professor of African-American Studies at Princeton University. She is the author of From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation\, an examination of the history and politics of Black America and the development of the social movement Black Lives Matter in response to police violence in the United States. Taylor’s book\, How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective explores the history of the Combahee River Collective\, a trailblazing 1960s-70s group of radical black feminists through interviews with the groups founders. Her research examines race\, housing\, and public policy. \nCat Brooks was a candidate for Oakland mayor in 2018. She is a leading activist in the Black Lives Matter Movement and co-founder of the Anti-Police Terror Project whose mission is to rapidly respond to and ultimately eradicate state violence in communities of color. Brooks is also a KPFA radio host\, playwright and actor. \nZoé Samudzi is a writer\, photographer\, and third year doctoral student in Medical Sociology at the University of California\, San Francisco. Her doctoral research explores the Namibian genocide\, German colonialism\, and eugenics. She is a co-author of As Black as Resistance: Finding the Conditions for Our Liberation. Her work seeks to merge political theory\, visual studies and photography\, and critical approaches to science in service of a blended multidisciplinary means of articulating Blackness(es). \nIdrissa Simmonds is a poet\, essayist\, fiction writer\, and workshop facilitator. Winner of the 2013 Crab Creek Review Poetry Prize\, Idrissa has been a finalist for the Commonwealth Short Story Award and a New York Foundation for the Arts Grant in poetry. Her work has most recently appeared in Black Renaissance Noire\, James Franco Review\, Fourteen Hills Press\, and Room Magazine. She has been the recipient of fellowships and residencies from Hedgebrook\, Bread Loaf Writers Conference\, Poets House\, and VONA/Voices. She is co-editor of BreakBeat Poets Vol. 2: Black Girl Magic. She curates Brunch & Word\, a bi-coastal literary salon.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/how-we-get-free-a-conversation-on-black-feminism-politics-and-liberation/
LOCATION:First Congregational Church of Oakland\, 2501 Harrison St\, Oakland \, CA\, 94612\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay
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ORGANIZER;CN="Howard Zinn Book Fair":MAILTO:zinnbookfair@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181204T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181204T213000
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CREATED:20181031T225121Z
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SUMMARY:Thomas Lynch reads Truman Capote’s “A Christmas Memory”
DESCRIPTION:Join us for fruitcake and cheer in this annual Mrs. Dalloway’s tradition. \n\n\n\n\n\nTuesday\, December 4\, 2018 – 7:30pm\n\n\n\n\n\nFirst published in 1956\, this much sought-after autobiographical recollection from Capote about his rural Alabama boyhood is a perfect gift for fans young and old\, a “gem of a holiday story.” (School Library Journal\, starred review). \nSeven-year-old Buddy inaugurates the Christmas season by crying out to his cousin\, Miss Sook Falk: “It’s fruitcake weather!” Thus begins an unforgettable portrait of an odd but enduring friendship and the memories the two friends share of beloved holiday rituals. \nReader Thomas Lynch is an actor and longtime resident of the Elmwood. \n\n\n\n\nEvent address:\n\n\n\n2904 College Avenue\n\nBerkeley\, CA 94705
URL:https://litseen.com/event/thomas-lynch-reads-truman-capotes-a-christmas-memory/
LOCATION:Mrs. Dalloway’s Bookstore\, 2904 College Ave\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94705\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181205T170000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181205T200000
DTSTAMP:20260412T222814
CREATED:20181127T002105Z
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SUMMARY:El Cerrito Out Loud: Poetry Event
DESCRIPTION:Join City Poet Laureate Dani Gabriel for “El Cerrito Out Loud” at Off the Grid. Hear featured poets and participate in an open mic and writing activities. All ages encouraged to participate. No experience necessary. Food available for purchase at food trucks.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/el-cerrito-out-loud-poetry-event/
LOCATION:San Pablo & Fairmount Avenues\, 6159 Fairmount Avenue\, El Cerrito\, 94530
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181206T121000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181206T125000
DTSTAMP:20260412T222814
CREATED:20180818T212718Z
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SUMMARY:Mary Jo Bang
DESCRIPTION:Mary Jo Bang is the author of eight books of poems—including A Doll For Throwing\, Louise in Love\, The Last Two Seconds\, and Elegy\, which received the National Book Critics Circle Award—and a translation of Dante’s Inferno\, illustrated by Henrik Drescher. She has received a Hodder Fellowship from Princeton University\, a Guggenheim Fellowship\, and a Berlin Prize Fellowship at the American Academy of Berlin. She teaches creative writing at Washington University in St. Louis.
URL:https://litseen.com/event/mary-jo-bang/
LOCATION:Morrison Library\, UC Berkeley\, 2000 Carleston Street\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
CATEGORIES:East Bay,Free
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